Eyelet-embossing machine



(No Model.)

S. STERNBERGER.

' EYELET EMBOSSING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 8, 1882.

mv NTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL STERNBERGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYELET-EMBOSSING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,494, dated August8, 1882.,

Application filed May 4,1882. (No model.)

' T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL STERNBERGER, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladel phia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Shirt Eyelet Embossing Machines, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, partly sectional, ofthe embossing-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top or planview thereof. Fig. 3 is a front end view of a portion thereof on areduced scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

In laundried shirt-bosoms and fabrics of various kinds formed with orrequiring eyelets it is often desirable to emboss the fabric surroundingsaid eyelets, so that they receive their finish, and the shanks ofstuds, &c., may readily enter the same. A hand-tool has been constructedfor this purpose; but the objection thereto is that the board or bedwhich supports the shirt or fabric is pierced by the prong of thetool,and soon made useless.

This invention consists chiefly in a perforated bed,in combination witha guided plunger having a suitable working-face, said bed assisting inembossing the eyelet and receiving the prong of the embossing-tool.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base of the machine, and B astandard rising therefrom. 0 represents an arm which extendshorizontally from the top of the standard B, and is firmly securedthereto; and D represents a table which extends horizontally from thestandard 13, and is firmly secured thereto between the base A and arm 0.The arm G and base A are bolted together, being preferably formed ofmetal, or may be cast in one; but in either case are rigidly and firmlysustained on the standard 13, or on a gooseneck or other arm rising fromthe base A.

Braces a b may be employed for strengthening and sustaining the arm 0and standard 13, the braces to being connected to said standard and armand the braces b to said standard and base.

On the forward end of the arm 0 is a boss, E, secured to or cast withsaid arm, and in the same is fitted and guided a stock or plunger, F,the upper end of which has connected toit an operating handle or lever,F, which is pivoted to said arm 0, whereby the plunger may be depressed,the return motion being occasioned by a spring, a, suitably applied.

In lieu of the lever F, I may apply a knob or head to the plunger, sothat the latter may be depressed by a blow or blows on said knob.

From the center of the lower or working face of the plunger projects aprong, G, and eircumscribing the same is awall or flange, H, a space, d,intervening between the prong and flange.

To the forward end of the table D is attached a bed, J, which is ofconical form, so that the top thereof is adapted to enter the space (1of the plunger, and has avertical opening, 0, to receive the prong Gthereof.

The shirt or fabric to be embossed is placed on the table D, the openingor eyelet thereof being fitted on and over the bed J. The plunger F isthen depressed, whereby the pron g G- enters the eyelet, and the wall ofthe eyelet is forced into the spaced, and consequently raised orembossed, thus imparting a finish to the eyelet and properly preparingit for receiving the shank of the stud. The table D is interposedbetween the base A and arm (J, as has been stated, and is separated fromsaid base, so that there is a space above and below the table, wherebyshirts and other garments may be readily slipped over and on the tableand embossed without raising the machine from the place on which itrests 0r stands or gathering parts of the shirt or garment in order tolocate the eyelet in position on the bed J.

As the bed is subjected to great pressure and strain, it is made ofmetal, so as to be strong and durable, and the prong of the pl ungerenters and is guided by the opening in the bed, so that neither thetable nor base of the machine is pierced or injured by said prong.

The under side of the table D has cast with or secured to it a bead orrib, K, which extends longitudinally at the center of the table, thusstrengthening the latter and enabling it to endure the severe downwardstrain to which it is subjected during the working of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters detachably secured to a table, D, which is per- [0Patent, is-- manently attached to the frame of the machine 1. Theeyelet-embossing machine consisting and occupies a position between thebase and of a guided plunger with a working-face, G H, the upper armthereof. 5 and a perforated bed, J, substantially as and for the purposeset forth. SAMUEL STERBBERGER' 2. An eyelet-embossing machine consisting\Vitnesses: of a guided plunger having a Working-face, Gr JOHN A.WIEDERSHEIM,

H, and a perforated bed, J, the latter being F. COOPER.

